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Vinony's link graph records 584 inbound references to Barney Kessel, and connects out to San Diego, swing and RCA Records.
It is catalogued under topics including 1923 births, 2004 deaths and 20th-century American guitarists.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- The Jazz Guitar Artistry of Barney Kessel, Vol. 2
- Barney Kessel - Guitar Signature Licks
- Jazz Solos for Guitar
- Barney Kessel - A Jazz Legend
- The jazz guitar artistry of Barney Kessell
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
In a near six-decade career, he was rated the #1 guitarist in Esquire, Downbeat and Playboy magazine polls between 1947 and 1960. Barney Kessel, a pioneer of the electric guitar and a master of harmonic improvisations, also recorded over fifty albums including a number of innovative albums with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Ray Brown that were remarkable for the lack of a pianist. He also…
Known for
- Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova — Self (archive footage)2005
- Perry Mason — Barney1957
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1923-10-17
- Active to
- 2004-05-06
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 127,360
- Total plays
- 922,979
Tags
One of the finest guitarists to emerge after the death of Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was a reliable bop soloist throughout his career. He played with a big band fronted by Chico Marx (1943), was fortunate enough to appear in the classic jazz short Jammin' the Blues (1944) and then worked with the big bands of Charlie Barnet (1944-45) and Artie Shaw (1945); he also recorded with Shaw's Gramercy Five. Kessel became a busy studio musician in Los Angeles but
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barney
- Family name
- Kessel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tuskegee
- Place of death
- San Diego
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Gypsy jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Image
- Barney Kessel 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Barney Kessel
- date of birth
- 1923-10-17
- date of death
- 2004-05-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
Sources (3)
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